  
  About the Artwork
  
  
  This jug is an interesting example of outside raising, in which the form is stretched in one piece from a small disk of silver. Extremely simple in shape and decoration, the piece has been given a pleasant weight, well expressed in the sturdy design. Small pieces of silver set in a diagonal course around the base create shadows which give balance to the rather small base. The handle and thumb rest are made up of several pieces of silver soldered together in vertical bands. 
Adapted from William E. Woolfenden, "Two Works by Michigan Artist-Craftsmen." Bulletin of the DIA 29, no. 3 (1949-50): 75-76, ill.
  
  
  Title
  Syrup Jug
  
  
  Artwork Date
  ca. 1950
  
  
  
  
  Makers
  
  
  Fred E. Eagen  (Artist)
  American, born 1905
  Marion Kenney Eagen  (Artist)
  American, born 1908
  
  
  
  Medium
  Silver
  
  
  Dimensions
  Overall: 4 1/4 &Atilde;&#151; 2 7/8 &Atilde;&#151; 3 1/2 inches (10.8 &Atilde;&#151; 7.3 &Atilde;&#151; 8.9 cm)
  
  
  Classification
  Silver
  
  
  Department
  Contemporary Art after 1950
  
  
  Credit
  Founders Society Purchase Prize, Michigan Artist-Craftsmen Exhibition, 1950
  
  
  
  Accession Number
  
  
  
  This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection.
  Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum&acirc;&#128;&#153;s holdings.
  For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems&acirc;&#128;&#148;no longer assigned&acirc;&#128;&#148;that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups.
  
  
  
  50.47
  
  
  Copyright
  Copyright Not Evaluated
  
  
  
